College football wins/losses quiz

This is a quiz about wins and losses of college football teams and coaches. Consider yourself on the "honor system" to answer the questions to the best of your knowledge without looking up references.

 

Okay, it's well taken that these are tough questions even for an 'expert' on college football history. But someone who is even a typical follower of CFB probably knows the basics, such as the team with the most wins, the team with most bowl appearances, et al.

So I will try to drop some hints where appropriate:

#2-- The team is #11 in all-time wins with 37 fewer wins than #10.

#3-- Error...the team called for was overlooked and is not an option. However, there is a correct answer within the options listed, and 2 of those listed do not have an all-time win % of less than .500.

#4-- He is also the one who coached the longest

#5-- The team had neither the best nor the worst record last year of the 4 options

#6-- The team has the least number of conference championships of the options listed

#7-- The team has not the most recent national championship of the 4 (all have => 1 NC), nor the most years since last NC without one.

#8-- The team has neither the most nor the least number of bowl appearances of the 4 options.

#9-- It's one of the 2 options which has never had a tie in a bowl game.

#10-- It's the team which is #3 of the 4 options in bowl appearances.

 

In just 4 more weeks, late Saturday night will be the time the weeks' questions will have been 'answered' for wins and losses on college football's first full day, so this SAT night seems an appropriate time to post the answers to the quiz.

College football quiz

1. (question of honor)

2. Which of the following 1A teams is not in the Top 10 for
all-time wins?

Penn State 761 wins
Southern California 720 wins
Georgia 683 wins
Tennessee 747 wins

3. Which 1A team has the most wins for a team with less than a .500
win percentage?
Cincinnati 501-524-51, .489
Tulane 472-53-38, .472
Baylor 505-491-43, .507
Iowa 540-487-39, .525
*[But the correct answer should be Rutgers, at 562-573-42, .495]


4. Among these top 10 coaches, which is the only one to have less
than .700 win percentage?

Glen “Pop” Warner .731
Amos Alonzo Stagg .622
Eddie Robinson .707
Joe Paterno .746

5. Which team, among 1A schools, has played in the most tie games?

Wisconsin 53
Vanderbilt 50
Kansas 58
Temple 52

6. What is the only current 1A team which has an all-time win
percentage of less than .400?

Northwestern .431
Kent State .393
Indiana .426
New Mexico State .443

7. Which of the following teams has less than a .600 all-time win percentage?

Georgia Tech .594
Auburn .625
LSU .633
Colorado .615

8. Which of the following 1A teams has the most all-time losses?

Kansas State 571
Wake Forest 566
Rutgers 573
Northwestern 591

9. Of 1A teams which have played in 30+ bowl games, which has the
highest win % in these games?

Oklahoma .618
Penn State .649
Southern California .651
Georgia Tech .667

10. Of 1A teams which have played in 30+ bowl games, which has the
lowest win % in these games?

Ohio State .472
Florida .438
Texas .500
Arkansas .368

To me, the 2 most interesting Q&A's are that no one (after 12 votes) got Northwestern as the 1A team with the most losses, and I was surprised myself that Georgia Tech has the best bowl win percentage of teams which have played in at least 30 of them. It probably can be explained by the fact that they have played in less major bowls than other teams with that many appearances, with so many Gators and Peaches.